Imun-an Lake Park in Guri City to be Reborn as a Complex Cultural Healing Destination in First Half of 2024

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Um In-yong] Guri City announced on the 23rd that it will actively pursue facility expansion and installation of convenience facilities at Imun-an Lake Park, a representative recreational space for citizens, and complete its renovation as a healing destination in the city by the first half of this year.

Imun-an Lake Park, which has been beloved by people of all ages and backgrounds, previously faced limitations in environmental improvements due to restrictions on park facilities and installation of various convenience facilities because it was not designated as a legal urban planning facility (urban park).

To resolve these issues and provide citizens with a more pleasant recreational space, the city pursued the urban management plan decision (modification) process, and in April 2024, designated Imun-an Lake Park as an 'Urban Park (Waterfront Park)' and established a park development plan to begin the facility expansion project in earnest.

This project centers on the waterfront space of Imun-an Lake Park and aims to create facilities with high user demand identified through resident surveys, including a waterfront stage, waterfront wooden deck, barefoot walking path, and public restrooms, while simultaneously strengthening health, leisure, and cultural functions.

The city plans to secure external funding such as special grants and special adjustment grants to construct public restrooms and barefoot walking paths, and to install a waterfront stage to create an open cultural space where various festivals, cultural events, busking, and small-scale performances can be held.

Additionally, the city plans to develop a waterfront wooden deck walking path adjacent to the lake surface and plant lotus flowers and herbaceous plants to provide citizens with diverse attractions and entertainment.

Furthermore, during the implementation of this project, the lake bottom in the central area will be maintained to create an environment where fish can inhabit stably, and aquatic plants such as cattails that had proliferated excessively have been managed.

Through drainage channel blockade work, a higher water level and broader water surface have been secured compared to before, allowing citizens to enjoy a healthy ecosystem and natural landscape where migratory birds and aquatic organisms coexist.

Additionally, to create a park where people want to stay even at night, the city secured an additional 200 million won in special adjustment grants in December last year and is planning a landscape lighting improvement project.

Through this, the city expects to transform Imun-an Lake Park into a nighttime destination, increase park visitors, and generate local economic activation effects for nearby cafes and surrounding commercial areas.

Mayor Baek Kyung-hyun stated, "Through the Imun-an Lake Park facility expansion project, we will provide citizens with safer and more pleasant recreational spaces and bring new vitality to the region," and added, "By improving the quality of parks and green spaces where citizens can feel nature and rest in their living areas by equipping them with various functions, we will achieve positive changes that make all citizens happier and more joyful."